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UNITED STATES PATnNroF SPRING BED-BOTTOM.

speciecation of Letters Patent No. 26,675, dated Januarys, ieee.,` l; l

To all whom 'it 'may concern: y

Be it known that I, RANDALL HOLDEN, of the city, county, and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Spring Bed-Bottom; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accom-` panying drawings and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

The nature of this invention consists in a spring of rubber webbing, attached at one end between plates of metal, and, in turn, to the rail of a bedstead; and `having at the other end an extension link, by which it is attached and made adjustable, and also by pins in the slats, by which they are kept from swerving.

Figure 1 is a view of a section of a bed-' stead. Fig. 2 is a side view (full size) of thespring H. Fig. 3 is a bottom view of the same.

A, (Fig. 1,) represents so much of a bedstead as will sufice to show the method of attaching the springs H.

B is the end rail, to which the attachment is fastened.

D, is the rubber webbing; `it being a well known article of manufacture needs no` further description than tosay, thatit is` woven especially heavy for this use. It is connected with the link Gr, as a loop, `and its two ends are united and secured by means of the rivets e, e, e, and between the plates of metal c and b, which have holesin them for the purpose and likewise in the rubberthe fastening thus made being of the strongest possible character. The plate a is screwed to the rail of thebedstead. It con-` sists of a thin piece of metal; its length may bethat of the width of the bedstead, embracing the whole series of slats, or be adapted for one slat only as shown at Fig. 3. The plate is a cap, with its ends projecting inwardly, inclosing the rubber upon its edges as well as sides.

I), is an extension link, connected` with the rubber as before mentioned; at the other end are arranged a series of openings (l, 2, 3,) by which it is attached to the screw c, (which serves as a hook)l-and to the slat C. It can thereby be applied to bedsteads of different lengths.

ci, is a stud pin, secured in the slat in line with the hook c, but nearer to the end, it is so placed that, when the hook (0,) occulatter will be at space 2. l Its is; below slat with its seriesof `three (ormore` ifde.-

pies the space 2,; (seeFigr) thestudwill bear upon the `link in thespaCeQLand like` H wise when the former isqatspace 3 the@ explained. l w l l The advantages ofthis improvement con-` sist first, in the permanent manner inwhieh the rubber is attachedandsecured between the plates of.` and b; Ibeing heldbothby lthe rivets and `the compressive `(force lthereby given, to "the plates.` The irnore `coininon method of fastening theendslfoflrubberby i sewing is, in many` respects",objeetionable,"` and in other cases when` keys "or clamps are used it is diflicult to` tthelrilwithlthat degree of nicety that renders the `fastering reliable; These difculties are" obviated fully inytlie plan herein proposed; it` is also inexpensive,` as, being made of malleableironor brass, the rivets or studs on theone part, andjholes to receive them in the othergyare forme the casting. Again, isdesirableland sential that, (as `an `article, of lnianufactiire) the spring bottomsl should be` sol `constructed that they will be adaptedltol suitlallof the usual varieties n of lengths :and sizes of fbe steads, without the neces sityl` that often o ours, to the purchaser, oilfchangingthe fas.- tening or of shortening theslats. ficulty is completely obviatedby theusegof` the extension ,linkl D, on lthe ends` of `a`feli` sirable) openings by-` (which a certainty `fof, fitting is insured, anjadvantagetnot existing E:` n ,y in any previousinvention., Ithasalsjothefgd l additional advantage Lthatlitl` can readilylbe l tightened, whenever by use l :the spring"` may become slack, it mayfalso be readily :changed from one bedstead, totvlanothery of l difieren length. Lastly the pintl,`isplaoedg asile)` scribed thatjitlmay` :(inpart) "serve guard, or take` a part of traingputlilpon the hook c; `but it:` also l the jmore portant oiice of preventinglthefslat"`((ll from swerving to the side,-outof;3place%a kind, heretoforeused. Commonly their con l l y, nection hasfbeen a single"`hook1"or but this (for thef above"reason)hasqbeen` found seriously objectionablelf f e l The improvement here y introdu "prey, vents the slat from; shifting from side tIOSide" and entirely remedies the l defect e in `question 1 by first, (in part),the lirlnmanner of secur"` l ing the rubber (across `,its gwidth) towtheflo plates a, and b, (and to the bedstead,) and bined with the spring D, and fastening e,- also by introducing into the Slat, the pin d, a, :L11 substantially as, and for the purposes as above described. set forth.

Having thus described my invention What RANDALL HOLDEN. 5 I claim therein as new and desire to secure Witnesses:

by Letters Patent is- L. PITKIN,

The extension link G, and pins c, d, com- N. BARBOUR. 

